Sophia is your community news reporter covering the North Coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria and San Simeon. Seafloor mapping surveys will be taking place ...

A new scientific model is giving researchers an unprecedented, global look at the activities of clams, worms, and other invertebrate animals that burrow at the bottom of the ocean. And what they find ...

In S1Ep12, we begin one of the most challenging phases of the MH370 search: the deep-water descent. Using advanced imaging and scanning tools, the team explores terrain few people ever see. The goal ...

Benthic habitat mapping and seafloor classification are pivotal to advancing our understanding of marine ecosystems and informing sustainable management practices. These processes, which rely heavily ...

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission instruments have allowed for the clearest satellite-produced map of the seafloor to date, according to a new study in Science. The work could help ...

Imagine, for a moment, what it would mean for this economy if we didn’t have maps: Transportation, trade, resource extraction, disaster mitigation — so much of what we do would be made more ...

Seafloor mapping by the Schmidt Ocean Institute has revealed an underwater mountain twice as high as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building, off Guatemala. Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

Scientists have mapped less than 25% of the world's seafloor. Experts say that getting that number up to 100% would improve everything from... Why mapping the entire seafloor is a daunting task, but ...

A Pacific seafloor mapping project has located a mountain “twice as high as the Burj Khalifa” in Dubai, which is the world’s tallest building, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The ...